hunk

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of HUNK

a physically attractive man <her new boyfriend is quite the hunk>

Synonyms beefcake, pretty boy, stud, superstud

Related Words babe [slang], dish, doll, dreamboat [slang], eye candy, eyeful, fox, knockout, stunner; lady-killer, sheik, womanizer

Near Antonyms dog, grotesquerie (also grotesquery), monster, nerd

a small uneven mass <what looked like a hunk of potato in her stew turned out to be a pebble>

Synonyms blob, chunk, clod, clot, clump, dollop, glob, gob, gobbet, hunk, knob, nub, nubble, nugget, wad

Related Words bead, drop, globule; block, body, bulk; particle, piece, portion; bit, chip, crumb, granule, morsel, nubbin, patch, scrap

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